Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
During the Red Hot Chili Peppers' By The Way era, Flea was unhappy within the band. Speaking to journalist Tom Bryant in 2006, he opened up about this, but this led to a peculiar event.
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Interviews used:
loudwire.com/red-hot-chili-peppers-by-the-way-anniversary
invisible-movement.net/press/2006-05-06-kerrang
Tom Bryant's recollection of the event, 10 years later:
loudersound.com/features/why-flea-from-the-red-hot-chili-peppers-threw-a-bottle-at-my-head
During the Red Hot Chili Peppers' By The Way era, Flea was unhappy within the band. Speaking to journalist Tom Bryant in 2006, he opened up about this, but this led to a peculiar event.
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Interviews used:
loudwire.com/red-hot-chili-peppers-by-the-way-anniversary
invisible-movement.net/press/2006-05-06-kerrang
Tom Bryant's recollection of the event, 10 years later:
loudersound.com/features/why-flea-from-the-red-hot-chili-peppers-threw-a-bottle-at-my-head
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